Politifact.com: Statements from Steven Rattnerhttp://www.politifact.com/personalities/steven-rattner/Statements from Steven Rattner reviewed by Politifact.comen-usSun, 30 Mar 2014 18:16:06 -0400Steven Rattner: &quot;Manufacturing wages today in America on a per-hour basis are actually a bit lower than average wages in the economy as a whole.&quot;
http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/mar/30/steven-rattner/rattner-manufacturing-wages-today-america-lower-av/The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Rattner: Manufacturing wages today in America lower 'than average wages in the economy as a whole'
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<p>Former &quot;car czar&quot; Steven Rattner, who actually hates the nickname he earned overseeing the auto bailout, is pushing back against proclamations of a flourishing American manufacturing industry. Again. Rattner wrote an eye-catching New York Times op-ed in January calling the industry&rsquo;s post-recession jobs gains a trickle, arguing &quot;we need to get real about the so-called renaissance&quot; partly because wages for auto workers and&nbsp;manufacturers&nbsp;dropped far more than the average private-sector worker since the end of the recession in June 2009. He revisited some of those points in a March 30, 2014, appearance on ABC&rsquo;s This Week, which took ...</p> <a href="/punditfact/statements/2014/mar/30/steven-rattner/rattner-manufacturing-wages-today-america-lower-av/">>> More</a>Sun, 30 Mar 2014 18:16:06 -0400http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/mar/30/steven-rattner/rattner-manufacturing-wages-today-america-lower-av/Steven Rattner: The United States is &quot;behind many countries in Europe in terms of the ability of every kid in America to get ahead.&quot;
http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2013/dec/19/steven-rattner/it-easier-obtain-american-dream-europe/The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Is it easier to obtain the American Dream in Europe?
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<p>Oh, sweet America, ye land of opportunity, home to the time-tested formula in which hard work + perseverance = success, in spite of family background. Or not. The new reality, as described in a Dec. 16, 2013, discussion on MSNBC&rsquo;s Morning Joe, is it&rsquo;s harder than ever for Americans born into low-income families to advance up the economic ladder. Middle-class economic growth is stunted compared to other parts of the developed world, and it&rsquo;s hard for people to work their way out of poverty, said Steven Rattner, a Morning Joe economic analyst and former Treasury Department official who oversaw the ...</p> <a href="/punditfact/statements/2013/dec/19/steven-rattner/it-easier-obtain-american-dream-europe/">>> More</a>Thu, 19 Dec 2013 13:33:14 -0500http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2013/dec/19/steven-rattner/it-easier-obtain-american-dream-europe/